Pollie Anne Myers Pinkins
Pollie Anne Myers-Pinkins | |
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| Born | Pollie Anne Myers July 14, 1932 |
| Died | March 17, 2003 (aged 70) Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Other names | Pollie Myers |
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| Occupation | Civil rights activist |
| Organization | NAACP |
| Known for | Co-plaintiff in efforts to desegregate the University of Alabama (with Autherine Lucy) |
| Movement | Civil rights movement |
| Spouses | Edward Hudson (div. 1956)
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| Children | 5 |
Pollie Anne Myers-Pinkins (née Myers; July 14, 1932 – March 17, 2003) was an American civil rights activist. She and Autherine Lucy were the first African Americans admitted to the University of Alabama in 1952, and both fought to desegregate the university. Pinkins and Lucy, working with the NAACP, sued the university for admission after it tried to revoke their acceptance. They fought their case up to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ordered the university to admit the two women. However, the university responded by rejecting Pinkins' admission under a new argument, and Pinkins' side did not restart legal challenges. Pinkins earned a master's degree in education from Wayne State University instead.